Sr. Front End Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own a full life cycle of development and be a senior contributor on a team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of increasingly complex features that are correctly implemented and high quality. You will take initiative to identify and own solutions to problems, and partner with cross-functional teams. You will act as a resource by advising and mentoring junior engineers to continue to build the technical capabilities of our teams.

About the Team

Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10,000 organizations. These teams use best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise to develop new products and features, and enhance existing features, in order to create value for customers across the world. 

The stakes for creating a safer digital world are greater than ever. At Rapid7 we believe it’s our responsibility to show up every day and give our best for our customers and the entire security community. Our global engineering teams are at the centre of this mission and are dedicated to building a complete suite of industry-leading products which provide a cohesive platform for our customers. Our range of solutions spans vulnerability management, detection, automation, cloud security, and penetration testing; in order to build these products our teams work with an array of frontend technologies.

Join our engineering team to help us build and innovate great products on our Surface Command Platform which provides a complete attack surface view teams can trust to detect and prioritize security issues from endpoint to cloud.

About the Role

The Senior Software Engineer is a part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of keeping our customers safe from attacks and breaches. In this role you will be focussed on helping our customers seamlessly manage their security solutions as effectively and efficiently as possible, and ensuring our products are delivering a secure experience. You will have the opportunity to further broaden your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced Engineers, whilst getting the opportunity to mentor others.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in projects from start to finish including technical requirements gathering, data modeling and deployment.

• Develop complex web UIs both independently and with support and review from our team’s Principal Front End Engineer.

• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers.

• Work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively to meet our stakeholders’ delivery expectations.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and business needs; communicate technical solutions with non-technical stakeholders.

• Collaborate effectively with design, QA and content/brand team members. 

• Maintain technical excellence in the execution and the delivery of implementations of varying scope.

• Independently estimate and manage assigned tasks.

The skills you will bring include:

• 3 to 5 years of front end experience with HTML, CSS (SASS/SCSS) and JavaScript

• Solid understanding of modern web development concepts

• Capable of translating arbitrary design into responsive styles; familiar with standards and conventions

• Can confidently implement UI behaviors with JavaScript via various methods, such as with vanilla JavaScript, jQuery or React

• Experience working with CMS platforms

• Experience using common front end tools such as webpack or gulp

• Comfortable interacting with REST web services

• Experience working with Git and Jenkins or similar version control and build platforms

• Attention to detail, and analytical/problem-solving skills

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.

About Rapid7

At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact.

Here, we’re building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 11,000+ global customers ahead of whatever’s next.

Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world’s biggest security cha